Someone Is Watching You - So Behave Yourself — The Globe and Mail [8 November, 2010]In one of psychologist Jesse Bering's experiments at Queen's University in Belfast, researchers told children (ages 5 to 9) to throw Velcro balls at Velcro dartboards. They promised the children special prizes for hitting the bull's eye. But the rules of the game made it difficult for the children to win.

Is Believing in God Evolutionarily Advantageous? — NPR [30 August, 2010]In the history of the world, every culture in every location at every point in time has developed some supernatural belief system. And believing in God may have been evolutionarily advantageous to humans as it provided a framework for promoting social good.

Teary-Eyed Evolution: Crying Serves A Purpose — NPR [23 August, 2010]Many animals yelp or cry out when they're in pain. But as far as scientists can tell, we humans seem to be the only species that shed tears for emotional reasons. Scientists who study evolution say crying probably conferred some benefit and did something to advance our species — because it's stayed with us.